Selecting a keyboard layout

Tap Keyboard types, and then select the keyboard layout that you want to use. Choose one from the following:

QWERTY

This layout is similar to a desktop computer keyboard. This is the default keyboard layout.

Phone Keypad

This layout resembles the traditional mobile phone keypad.

Compact QWERTY

This layout features two letters on each key. The key size is slightly bigger than on the full QWERTY layout.

Entering text

Use the following keys while entering text using the onscreen keyboard:

Press and hold keys with gray characters at the top to enter numbers, symbols, or accented letters. The gray character displayed on the key is the character that will be inserted when you press and hold that key. Some keys have multiple characters or accents associated with them.

Language key. The key you see depends on the keyboard language you are currently using. Tap to switch to another keyboard language. You can also access onscreen keyboard settings.

Tap to toggle between Multitap and XT9 predictive modes when using the Compact QWERTY or Phone keypad layout.

Tap to hide the onscreen keyboard.

Enabling multiple keyboard languages

If there are multiple keyboard languages available on your phone, you can choose which languages to enable in the onscreen keyboard so that you can switch to these languages and use them to enter text.